2011 DHS S&T CSRD BAA

Amendment 00014 June 30, 2011 The attached document, "Cyber Security BAA 11-02 Amend 00014 pdf.," makes changes from the previous version. The BAA is hereby amended as follows: Replace paragraph IX. D.3 with the following: 3. Procedures for submitting a proposal are as follows: a. On BAA web portal (https://baa2.st.dhs.gov), select "Proposal Submission" link on left side menu. b. Logon using assigned username and password. Once logged on, the "Proposal Activity Worksheet" will display. c. On "Proposal Activity Worksheet," under the section titled, "Proposals submitted or past due date", locate the submitted white paper for which a proposal is to be created. d. Click on the "Create Full Proposal" link within the applicable white paper record. The "Start Full Proposal" page will display. e. Enter the proposal title. f. Click the "Add Proposal to Activity Worksheet" button. The "Proposal Activity Worksheet" page will display. The proposal that was started will be listed under the "Proposals in Progress" section. g. For the proposal in progress, open each component displayed, i.e, "Cover Sheet A", "Cover Sheet B", "Cost Proposal", and "Proposal Upload" and complete. Further information regarding each of these components is provided below. (1) "Cover Sheet A" and "Cover Sheet B" will not be marked as "Complete" until all required fields have been populated. (2) "Cost Proposal" component. This component does not need any cost information to be entered since the proposal to be uploaded will contain a complete cost proposal. However, in order for this component to be marked "Complete", the below steps must be followed: (a) Click the Cost Proposal link. The "BAA Cost Proposal" page will display. (b) On the "BAA Cost Proposal" page, click the "Summary" tab. (c) Without entering any data, click the "Complete Cost Proposal" button. The "BAA Cost Proposal - Update Status" page will then display. (d) On the "BAA Cost Proposal - Update Status" page, click the "Return to Activity Worksheet" button. The "Proposal Activity Worksheet" will display. The "Cost Proposal" component will now be marked as complete. It is not necessary to delete any information that an offeror may have already populated in the "Cost Proposal" component. However, no information from this component, or any cost information included in any other component, will be used for the evaluation of submitted proposals. Only the cost information included in the submitted proposal will be considered in the evaluation of proposals. (3) "Proposal Upload" component. In order for this component to be marked as "Complete", upload the Volume I and II prepared in accordance with the requirements outlined in BAA 11-02. Ensure Volumes I and II are listed under "Currently Uploaded File(s)" in order for this component to be marked as "Complete". Once uploaded, select the "Return to Activity Worksheet" button. (4) Completing the "Briefing Chart" component is not required because the proposal that will be uploaded is required to contain a Quad Chart; so duplicating it in the "Briefing Chart" component is not necessary. Since this is an optional component, it is not necessary for the component to be marked "Complete" in order to successfully submit a proposal. It is not necessary to delete any information that an offeror may have already populated in the "Cost Proposal" component. However, no information from this component will be used for the evaluation of submitted proposals. h. On the "Proposal Activity Worksheet" page, when all the components are listed as "Complete", except for the "Briefing Chart" component, click the "Submit Proposal" link located as the bottom left of the proposal in progress. The "Submit Proposal" page will display. THE PROPOSAL IS NOT YET SUBMITTED. i. On the "Submit Proposal" page, click the "Submit Proposal" button. Once a proposal is successfully submitted, offerors will receive a confirmation message on the screen and via e-mail. If a confirmation message is not received, contact the BAA Portal help desk at dhsbaa@reisys.com. In addition, when the proposal has been correctly submitted, it will appear under the "Proposals submitted or past due date" section on the "Proposal Activity Worksheet" page, and will NO LONGER APPEAR under the "Proposals in progress" section.